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Okuda suffered defeat in her professional debut, losing via fourth-round knockout to Wakako Fujiwara on 5 April 2015, at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium (now called Edion Arena) in Japan. [ 3 ] After compiling a record of 6–2–2 (1 KO), she challenged WBO female junior-bantamweight champion Miyo Yoshida on 13 December 2020, at the Edion Arena.
Sena Irie (入江 聖奈, Irie Sena, born 9 October 2000) [2] is a Japanese retired [3] amateur boxer who won a gold medal in the inaugural women's featherweight event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [4] She became the first Japanese woman to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing. [5]
Naoko Kumagai (born 8 August 1971) is a Japanese female kickboxer and 3-time World Champion in three different weight classes. [1] She also had two amateur boxing matches with Russian Elena Karpachova, and one pro boxing match. [2] Kumagai is known for her knockout punch and high KO percentage.
Nao Ikeyama (born 18 September 1969 [1]) is a Japanese boxer who held the WBO atomweight title from 17 May 2014 until 29 July 2018.She made her professional debut on 30 November 2003, where she defeated Satoko Kamimura by unanimous decision. [2]
Japan ranks fourth worldwide between countries with the most boxing world champions. [2] The most thriving period of Japan's boxing ran from the 1960s to the early 1970s. In the "golden 60s," Fighting Harada won championships in two divisions—flyweight and bantamweight. [3] In the 1970s, Japan had 5 world champions for a short period at the ...
Unbeaten in her first four professional fights, Matsuda challenged Saemi Hanagata for the IBF female atomweight title at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, on 18 March 2021. The contest ended in a majority draw with one ringside judge scoring it 97–93 for Matsuda while the other two ruled it a 95–95 tie.
Charley Davison's husband and their three young children were already in bed back home on the east coast of England before she pulled on her headgear and stepped into the World Boxing ring in ...
Yamanaka made her professional boxing debut on 13 December 2020, scoring a unanimous decision win over Arika Shimono at Edion Arena in Osaka. [3]She won the vacant WBO Asia Pacific 102-pound belt by stopping Honoka Kano in the fifth round of their bout at Tokyo's Korakuen Hall on 1 September 2022.